Where businesses in Kent go to do business.
Small business owners and managers work exceedingly hard to make their businesses sustainable and successful, many are never really off the job and most earn less than the national average wage as a result!
Continue reading Some thoughts on running your own Business…
So you have started your own business. You have incorporated at Companies House as an LLP or a Limited Company. You have some really good ideas and/or you have produced some original and innovative work and/or you have a unique design of a product that is becoming really popular.
Continue reading Intellectual Property (IP) For Small Businesses
Social media has been hugely beneficial to small businesses. It offers opportunities to share and collaborate with others, to reach customers and partners and keep up to date with what’s going on… Continue reading WHAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT…
If you’re a Kent business and you like the sound of a healthier, happier workforce – you’ve come to the right place.
Google, Facebook and Apple are, according to their staff, great places to work. The managers of these businesses have created a fun culture which employees want to be a part of – but how do you create this in your business, however small?
What is the best thing about owning a business?
Owning your own business gives you the freedom to set your own agenda – to decide what success will look like for you on a personal level and providing you with the opportunity to achieve that success.
Continue reading “What is the best thing about owning a business?” – Interview from Martin White
Whether we like it or not, our mobiles are an increasingly important part of our business and daily lives. With mobile connections in the UK in 2014 outnumbering the actual population, and 76% of adults now owning a smartphone (Deloitte 2015 survey) mobile is indeed the weapon of choice for everyone.
Update on HMRC’s plans for Making Tax Digital, Benefits of Private Pension Contributions and Class 2 NIC’s.
Have you heard of it? If not, that’s no surprise! It’s the accountancy equivalent of the snow leopard, confirmed to exist but rarely seen…
Many years ago, the phrase ‘open source’ or ‘Linux’ conjured up images of earnest computer boffins sporting straggly beards, Grateful Dead T-shirts and a faint whiff of patchouli! But not anymore. Open source is now considered to be the most secure software on the market. And don’t be mistaken by thinking that there’s anything amateur about it. It is exposed to extreme scrutiny, with problems being found and fixed instead of being hidden until the wrong person discovers them.
Continue reading Think open source software isn’t for you? Think again.
Speaking as an entrepreneur whose primary service provides video marketing tools for small businesses, I feel it’s only natural to write this blog on the topic of marketing.